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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1901
Page
9
An unknown man fired two bullets at John Brown at the Hart window glass factory in Muncie early Friday morning. Both shots missed. Brown has no known enemies. Panic spread through the factory as workers chased the assailant into the woods, but he escaped.
A chaotic prison breakout in Kas on November 26 left a convict named Otto seriously wounded after outsiders supplied revolvers. Twenty six escapees robbed farm houses and stole horses as orty guards patrol the area seeking the prisoners.
The porte informed M. Bapst, the French chargé d affaires in Constantinople, that Turkey accepted all French demands. A Paris dispatch states once France learns the sultan has ratified the porte’s decision, Admiral Caillard will be recalled from Mitylene.
The attorney general ruled Uriah Culbert ineligible for the Michigan City prison board due to stock holdings in a contractor firm. Culbert resigned and Charles Hy Bundy of Marion was appointed to replace him. The governor voiced full confidence in Culbert, calling the ineligibility a technical issue, not intentional wrongdoing.
In Chicago on Thursday night at Glickmans theater the operetta Judele ends with a wedding. Emanuel Leplitzky plays Jerichim the groom and Miss Ida Perlman a trained nurse plays the bride. Rabbi Julius Newman of Temple Emanuel officiates at the ceremony.
Chicago reports Henry William Montgomery an aging actor once with Sir Henry Irving sent to Oak County’s poorhouse at Dunning after a meteoric career spanning England and America. He is noted as having been considered a leading character actor about 15 years ago.
Fragmentary OCR shows references to an independent group and a meeting held Thursday. A plan or arrangement involving Columbo is mentioned for the next week, but details are incomplete and unclear.
A dense price list shows poultry sacks for turkeys ducks geese and spring chickens with weights from under 12 pounds to over 12 pounds, eggs fresh butter cheese and coffee prices, and assorted sugars flours salts and molasses. Fruit and vegetable items include cabbage onions coconuts oranges lemons beans honey potatoes tomatoes celery and other produce with unit prices and package sizes.
A garbled listing shows assorted fruits vegetables and commodities with varied prices including corn at 1.25 per unit, peaches, berries, pineapples, beans, peas, tomatoes and salmon. Additional line items reference coal types and regional coal brands with per ton and per bushel quotes.
A dense catalog of meat and grocery prices including hams, bacon, fresh pork and beef cuts, sausages, oysters, fish, clams, lobsters, frogs legs, shrimp, and various imported goods. Prices given per pound, per crate, or per barrel, with entries for Indiana and California products, plus chemicals and drugs like morphine and quinine.
Indianapolis readers are invited to borrow money on household goods piano horses wagons sewing machines and other items with low rates and easy payments. The Central Loan Company at 203 Stephen Building near Market and Delaware offers terms including 36 weekly payments on a $80 loan and longer plans. They claim to accommodate many borrowers and provide a guarantee of courteous treatment and reasonable rates.
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